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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2027

Why in news? Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that Pakistan will host the 2027 summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SC...

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Bairabi–Sairang Railway Line: Linking Mizoram’s Capital

Why in news? The Prime Minister inaugurated the Bairabi–Sairang broad‑gauge railway line, giving Mizoram’s capital Aizawl direct rail connectivi...

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Bhadohi’s Handmade Carpet Industry Faces a Crisis

Why in news? Bhadohi’s hand‑knotted carpet industry — which accounts for more than 60% of India’s carpet exports — is reeling after the Unit...

Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary and the Cheetah Mating Programme

Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary and the Cheetah Mating Programme

Why in news? Madhya Pradesh has launched a cheetah mating programme at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary to establish a second viable population outside...

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India–Mauritius Special Economic Package

Why in news? During Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam’s visit to Varanasi in early September 2025, India announced a special economic ...

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Great Nicobar Island Project

Why in news? The Government of India recently cleared a multi‑component development plan for Great Nicobar Island. The project aims to transform the...

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India Targets 2028 for Swadeshi Solar Cells

Why in news? Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy R.K. Singh announced that India plans to establish a fully indigenous solar manufacturing eco...

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Samudra Pradakshina – Tri‑Service Women’s Circumnavigation

Why in news? On 9 September 2025 India’s Defence Minister virtually flagged off “Samudra Pradakshina” from Mumbai’s Gateway of India. This exp...

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AIDIS & SAS 2026–27 Surveys

Why in news? The National Statistical Office (NSO) announced that it will conduct two important surveys between July 2026 and June 2027: the All India...

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Acharya Vinoba Bhave

Why in news? On 11 September 2025 the Prime Minister of India paid homage to Acharya Vinoba Bhave on his birth anniversary, highlighting his contribut...

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Border Wing Home Guards (BWHGs)

Why in news? The Ministry of Home Affairs is considering raising new Border Wing Home Guards units along the India–China border, mirroring their dep...

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NASA Discovers Potential Biosignatures on Mars: Sapphire Canyon & Cheyava Falls

Why in news? NASA’s Perseverance rover reported its strongest evidence yet of ancient life on Mars. In July 2024 it collected a rock sample nickname...

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Light‑based Computers (Optical Computers)

Why in news? Researchers at Tampere University in Finland and Université Marie et Louis Pasteur in France demonstrated that intense light pulses trav...

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The Philippine Island of Pugad

Why in news? Scientists raised alarms that Pugad, a small island in the Philippines’ Bulacan province, is subsiding rapidly while sea levels around ...

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The 130th Amendment Bill: Accountability or Constitutional Overreach?

Why in news? The Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025 was introduced in Parliament. It proposes automatic removal of Prime Minister, Chief Minist...

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Himalayan Fragility and Unsustainable Development

Why in news? Severe floods and landslides in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Kashmir during the 2025 monsoon season highlighted the conseque...

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Iran–IAEA Nuclear Monitoring Agreement

Why in news? The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran reached a breakthrough agreement in September 2025 that allows inspectors to resum...

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Two New Species of Aspergillus section Nigri from the Western Ghats

Why in news? Scientists at the MACS–Agharkar Research Institute in Pune discovered two previously unknown species of black aspergilli (section Nigri...

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First Overseas Atal Innovation Centre

Why in news? India inaugurated its first overseas Atal Innovation Centre (AIC) at the IIT Delhi – Abu Dhabi campus during the Education Minister’s...

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ISRO’s 100th Technology Transfer for SSLV Production

Why in news? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed its 100th technology‑transfer agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) t...

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